The Mentors’ Journal

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Estranged night





as I watch this no ordinary

night pass by

where jeepneys and buses

are rushing toward me

and passers-by

hold each other closely

it’s you waving goodbye

as if at last



the cold breeze of the wind

that slowly

oh slowly

touches our skin

simply reminds me of you

but does that matter now?



it’s the moon who’s behind us

watching the two of us

acting like strangers

lost in dismay

I force myself to relax

but I can’t imagine myself

relaxing at this moment

silhouettes of sadness

and constellations of pain*

trap me in nowhere

so that I could not

escape from this veracity



as I watch you walk

on that shadowy trail

of indifferent reality

you’re bored out of my mind

like those

people buying that

same old kind

50-cent fishball



but to the bitter end

I realize

I’m inapt for this affection



*inspired by Angelo V. Suárez’ Constellations



(Ruby Rose Cruz)



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February 20th, 2010

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